That this repugnance was genuine enough to cause local sellers to make large concessions in price in order to keep faithful servants out of the hands of the long-distance traders is evidenced by the following report in 1824 from Hillsborough on the eastern shore of Maryland: "Slaves in this county, and I believe generally on this shore, have always had two prices, viz.

At this time he favored Lord Hillsborough with a lucid explanation of a paradox,how a few leaders of bankrupt reputation ruled with a rod of iron the most virtuous town in the world.